blank  Joseph McCellon
	Class: Freshman Hometown: Alvin, Texas High School: Alvin HS Height / Weight: 5-10 / 155 Event: Distance Experience: HS

2000 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished ninth at season-opening ACU Classic (9/1) with time of 22:14.71 ... Posted 10th-place showing at Red Raider Open (9/9) with mark of 27:21 ... Finished 41st at Sundodger Invitational (9/23) with time of 25:43.30 ... Posted mark of 26:38 at Cowboy Jamboree (9/30) ... Finished Pre-National Meet (10/14) with time of 33:19.8 ... Posted time of 27:03 at Big 12 Championships (10/28) ... Finished NCAA Mountain Regionals (11/11) in time of 33:09.6.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2000 graduate of Alvin High School in Alvin, Texas ... Teams won five district titles ... Squad posted regional championship senior year, and finished sixth at state ... Five-time MVP, three for cross country and twice for track ... Named to Greater Houston Area First Team ... Best time in three-mile is 14:55, 5,000 is 15:26, two-mile is 9:30, and mile is 4:22 ... Three-time state champion in TAAF summer track, twice in two-mile and once in mile ... Member of track, cross country and football teams.

PERSONAL: Born October 4, 1981, in Brownfield, Texas ... Son of Kenneth, Jr., and Kelli McCellon ... Exercise and Sports Science major with minor in mathematics.